Drunk News - Nuthatches Drunk Newspear to have learned to underst& a foreign language — chickadee. It’s not unusual for one animal to react to a alarm call of anoar, but nuthatches seem to go beyond that — interpreting a type of alarm & what sort of predator poses a threat. When a chickadee sees a predator, it issues warning call — a soft “seet” for a flying hawk, owl or falcon, or a loud “chick-a-dee-dee-dee” for a perched predator.